¶ Nine Chains to the Moon
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Nine Chains to the Moon:
“The title Nine Chains to the Moon was chosen to encourage and stimulate the broadest attitude toward thought. Simultaneously, it emphasizes the littleness of our Universe from the mind viewpoint. A statistical cartoon would show that if, in imagination, all the people of the world were to stand upon one another’s shoulders, they would make nine complete chains between the Earth and the Moon. If it is not so far to the Moon, then it is not so far to the limits-- whatever, whenever, and wherever they may be.”
“Limits are what we have feared. So much has been done to make us conscious of our infinite physical smallness that the time has come to dare to include the complete Universe in our rationalizing.”
¶ Citations
- Rationalization Sequence (5), 1938
